Machine for making wire fence.



J. M. DENNINGQ MAGHINE FOR MAKING- WIRE FENCE.

APPLIbATION TILED"SBPT.'25,1908.

Patentd June 1, 1909.

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Patented June 1,1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOSEPH DEN ING, oF'oEDAa RAPIDS, IOWA.

momma on maxme'wmn ranch.

Specification bi Letters Patent,

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application fled #eptembe: 25, 1908. Serial No. 461,769.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that LJosEPn M. DENNING,

fencing in which the cross or stay wires each consist'of -'a pluralityof sections, the sections spanning the spaces between the strand wiresand having their ends overlapping the intermediate strand wires and (:01ed around such wires, with the end ofthe outer stay sections coiledaround the border strand wires.

The object of my invention is to build a machine for making fencing thatwill carry on the several operations while the respective mechanisms arecontinuously running instead of alternately stopping and starting as isthe case with most wire fence machines as now constructed and operated.To this end I propose in this machine to means for feeding forward thelongitudinal or strand wires with a continuous and un-' interruptedmovement; means for feeding in the transverse or stay wires continuouslyand uninterruptedly; cutters mounted on shafts which are constantlyrotating for severing the desired lengths of stay wire sections as thecutters pass each other in their revolutions and without arresting theadvance of the wires from which the stay sections are out, stay sectioncarriers that grasp or clamp the stay wires and carry the severedsections bodily through the air, and without the aid of gu-ideways orassages, from the place where-they are fed in and 'cut ofi, to thecoilers-where they are do posited upon the coiler heads in position forthe coiling operation, and coilers. that are constantly rotating iii onedirection and traveling longitudinally with the strand wires during thecoiling operation.

The manner in which I provide means for accomplishing the severalresultsabove outlined will'appear from the following detailed description ofthcmachine itself, which em ractical method for carrying out my lan '0constructing and operating the mac ine.

Inthe illustrating the machine provide of the pr esent invention, Figure1 is a front elevatlon of the entire machine; Fig. 2 is a frontsectional elevation, showing the cams and connections foroperating thestay section carrier, the coilers in their reciprocating movement, andthe fingers for removing the stay sections; Fig. 3 a side elevation ofthe entire machine; Fig. 4 a sectional side elevation on line aa of Fig.1, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 5 a sectional sideelevation on the line 6-4) of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrow; Fig. 6 a sectional side elevation on line cc ofFi 1,

looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 7 a sectional lan view online d-d of Fig. 1, looking in t e direction-of the arrow; Fig. 8 asectional planview of the parts shown on the line e'e of Fig. 1, lookingin the direction of the arrow; Fig. 9 a plan view of the .feed wheels orrolls for the stay wires; Fig.

10 a detail on an enlarged scale, being a sectional side elevation ofthe stay carrier" mechanism, the coilers, and'means for giving anendwise reciprocating movement to the coilers, the fingers for removingthe stay sections, and I the operating means therefor, showing the staycarrier in its receiving position, the coiler elevated and'the removingfinger raised; Fig. 11 a similar view to Fig. 10, showing thestay'section carrier in it'sv delivering position, the coiler in itslowermost position, and theremoving finger for the stay sectiondepressed; Fig. 12 a sectional elevation of a coiler; Fig. 13 a detailon an enlarged scale, showing two of the coilers and two of the clampsof the stay section carrier, with. the clamps in their normal orreceiving position; Fig. 14.- a similar view to Fig. 13, showing theclamps partly turned in the act of delivering the stay sections; Fig. 15a similar view to Fig. 13, showing the clam )s for the stay sectionsfully turned with t 0 stay sections overlying the coilers and theremoving fingers depressed; Figs. 13 and 14 showing the removing fingerselevated;

Fig. 16 a detail partly in section, showing one I of the fixed gears ofthe stay'carrier mechanism; Fig.'17 a detail, partly in section, showingan oscillating gear and clam for the stay carrier mechanism; Fig; 18 aace view on an enlarged scale of an OSCIlilHIllg gear for the staycarrier mechanism. and'Fig. 19'is a side elevation of a small section offencing which the machine is adapted to manufacture.

The .machme, as. shown, has two side tion, each side frame consisting ofa front standard or upright 1, a rear standard or upright 2, verticallyinclined, a front leg 3, a rear leg 4, adapted for supporting themachine on a floor or other base, a cross piece 5,

a brace 6, running from the cross piece to the standard or upright 1,abrace 7 running from the brace 6 to the standard or upright 2, a crosspiece 8 connecting the front'and rear standards or uprights, a crosspiece 9, and a top piece or arch 10, each cross piece march 10 having,on the front side, ears 11, for a tie rod 12, and having, at the rearside, ears 13, for a tie rod 14, which tie rods bind together thetwo-side frames at the upper end. The

form of the frame can be varied from the construction shown, so long asthe frame is one that will furnish the necessary support for the variousmechanisms of the machine.

A main driving shaft is mounted in suitable journal boxes or bearings 16on the brace 6 in the arrangement shown, and this driving shaft 15, atone end, has pulleys 17, one of which may be fast and the other loose,as usual in the construction of fast and loose pulleysv for a drivingshaft. The driving shaft 15 has fixedly mounted thereon a gear wheel orpinion 18, which meshes with and drives a gear wheel 19 fixedly mountedon a shaft 20, so as to continuously revolve the shaft 20 when the shaft15 is revolving. The shaft 20 is mounted in suitable boxes or bearings21 on the cross piece 5, in the arrangement shown; and this shaft 20, atone end,

. has a gear wheel or pinion 22 fixedly mounted thereon, which Wheel orpinion 22 is in mesh with and revolves a gear wheel 23 fixedly mountedon a shaft 24, which shaft is mounted in suitable journal boxes orbearings 25 on the forward end of the cross piece 5 and on a standard orpost 26 adjacent to one of the side frames of the machine, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. The standard or post 26 has a leg 27, which is connectedwith a leg 28 by a cross piece 29, as shown in Fig. 3, so that asecondary frame is provided for supporting some of the parts of themachine, as hereinafter pointed out. The shaft 24 is given a continuousrotation when the main driving shaft 15 is revolving; and-this shaft 24has mounted thereon a plurality of gear wheels 30, which gear wheelsgradually decrease in diameter, as shown in Fig. 9 and each gear wheel30 has secured thereto, or formed therewith, a feed wheel or roller 31,which wheels. or rollers likewise gradually decrease in diameter, asshown in Fig. 9. Each gear wheel 30, meshes with and drives a gear wheel32, and the gear wheels 32 gradually decrease in diameter correspondingto the decrease in diameter of the gear wheels 30, as

shownin Fig. 9. Each gear wheel 32 hasseeured thereto, orformedtherewith, a feed Wheel or roller 33, and the feed wheels or rollers 33decrease in diameter corresponding to the decrease in diameter of thefeed wheels or rollers 31, as shown in Fig. 9. This arrangementof feedwheels or rollers of gradually decreasing diameter subserves a usefuland important purpose in the operation of giving a continuous feed tothe stay wires, as it enables each stay wire to be simultaneouslyadvanced, and the amount of advance will correspond to the lengths ofstay sections required to span the spaces between the longitudinal orstrand wires, which usually vary in their distances apart; and it willbe understood that the feed wheels or rollers of the greatest diameterfeed the stay wire so as to furnish a length of stay section for thewidest space between two longitudinal or strand wires; and the feedwheels or rollers of the least diameter feed thestay wire so as tofurnish a stay sectionof a length to span the shortest space between twolongitudinal or strand wires,-the intermediate feed wheels or rollersbetween the ones of the greatest and least diameter feed the stay wiresso as to furnish a length of stay section 'to span the spaces betweenadjoining longitudinal or strand wires.

Each combined gear 32 and feed wheel or roller 33, is mounted on ajournal pin 34, and each journal pin 34 is mounted in suitable bearings.therefor in a frame 35, consisting of two side pieces, with a spacebetween the side pieces in which is located the gear and feed wheel orroller. Each frame 35, at its lower end, is mounted on a pin or pivot 36at the end of a-bar 37, and each bar 37 is secured b a bolt 38, orotherwise, between ears'or ugs 39 extending up from a bottom piece orbar 40 of a supporting frame, which frame, at each end, has uprights 41,and has a top bar or piece 42, as shown in Fi 4, for instance. A Ushaped spring 43 is coated between each frame 35 and a cam 44 having ahandle 45, and mounted on a pin or pivot 46, at the end of a bar 47,which passes rearward through the space between the side pieces of theframe 35, and is attached by a olt 48, or otherwise, to ears 49extending up from the top piece or bar 42, as shown in Fig. 4, forinstance. The several frames 35 are arranged on a diagonalline,corresponding to the decrease in diameter of the series of gears andfeed rolls or wheels, and the supporting bars for the several framescorrespondingly decreasein length, as shown in Fig. 8. The top andbottom bars orpieces 40. and 42 ofthe main supporting frame for the staywire feed rolls or-wheels are cut awayso as to furnish an open space 50for locating the gears and feed rolls or wheels of the smallest thelargest diameter, pass; and the stay An idler gear wheelor pinion 52'meshes. with the gear wheel 23 and is revolved therefrom; and this gearwheel or pinion 52 is mounted on a stub shaft or journal 53 fixedly heldin a box or bearing 54 attached to cutter in case of breakage orbecoming dull,-

the front standard or upright 1 of one of the side frames, as shown inFig. 1. The idler gear or pinion 53 meshes with a gear wheel 55 fixedlyattached to one end of a shaft 56, on which shaftisa pinion 57 whichmeshes with a pinion 58 on a counter-shaft 59, see Fig. 4. Thecountershaft 59 carries a series of knives or cutters 60, and the shaft56 carries a series of knives or cutters 61, as shown in Figs. 10. and11, for instance. The knives orcutte-rs 60 and 61 havea continuousrotation, when the machine is operated, and each series of knives orcutters consists of a numwires, for the knives or cutters to act and.sever the advance or leading end of each stay wire into a stay section.Each cutter 60 and 61 is secured in its shaft by a setscrew 62 ,5 andeach cutter 60'and 61 is entered into a slot 63 formed in'the shaft,each slot having an opening 64 leading to the exterior of the shaft forthe inserting of asuitable instrument to drive out or remove a t'o dowhich it is only necessary to loosen the .set-screw 62 of the knife orcutter, remove the knife or cutter by a suitable punch or other deviceentered into the opening 64;

and, if broken, replace by a new knife or cut ter, which is to besecured by advancing the set-screw 62; and if dull, sharpening the knifeor cutter and rentering it into the socket 63 and advancing theset-screw 62 to hold the knife or cutter in place.

The shafts 56 and 59 are set inclined to 1 each other and are alsoformed tapering, as,

shown in Fig. 7; and the knives or cutters 60 and 61 decrease in lengthfrom one end to the other correspondingto the decrease in diameter ofthe feed rolls or wheels, so that each pair of knives or cutters for therespective stay wires will operate to sever the advance or leading endinto a stay section, when the cutters pass each other in theircontinuous revolution, as shown in Fig. 10, and-after severing the staysection the pa r of cutters will separate, as shown in Fig. 11, leavinga clear space between the shafts for the further advance of the staywires. and 59 are m-' unted iii-suitable journal boxes or bearings 65and66, as shown'in Fig. 10; and the journal boxes or bearings arelocated on a plate 67, attached by bolts 68 to the lower or bottom edgeof a bracket arm 69, as shown, forinstance, in Figs. 10 and 11. The

" plate 68 and bracket arm69 are attached by The shafts 56 a plate 70and suitablebolts 71, or otherwise,

to the front face of each upright or standard 1 of the side frames, soas to furnish a rigid support for the cutter shafts and cutters and forthe carrier of the stay sections.

The carrier, for the stay sections after being severed, is constructedas; follows: shaft 72 is mounted in suitable journal boxes or bearings73, shown by dotted lines in Fig.

1, and attached to the crosspiece 74 of the bracket arm, to which crosspiece the plate 67 is attached. The shaft 72, at each end, has a pinion75, and each pinion is engaged by a reciprocating rack 76, so as to givethe shaft 72 a rocking movement, making it, in effect, a rock shaft. Aplurality of bevel pinions or gearsis entered on the rock shaft 72, andeach pinion or gear 77 has a hub 78, with a depending ear or arm 79which is at tached bya pin 80to a plate or arm 81, having adownturnedend 82 by means of which and suitable bolts'the plate or arm 81 isfixedly attached and holds its inion or gear 77 in a fixed relation onthe sraf't 72, with the shaft free' to rock forward and backward throughthe plurality of gears or pinions.

' Each fixed gear 77 has a companion gear 83, and each gear 83, asshown, is a mutilated smooth section 85, see Fig. 18. Each mutilatedgear 83, is mounted on a j ournal pin 86,

and each journal pin 86 has a stem 87, which passes throu h the shaft72, and is fixedly held in thes aft by a nut 88, so that each gear 83has a swinging movement corres onding to the rocking movement of thesliaft 72, and in addition has a forward and backward rotation, throughthe engagement of the acting section 84 with the iixedgear 77, as thegear 83 is rocked forward and returned by the movement of the rock shaft72 in turning forward and backward. Each gear 83, instead of being amutilated gear could be a gear with a continuous acting face, but byusing a mutilated gear having an acting section 84 and a smooth section85 increased certainty is obtained in the throw and'a movable jaw 94,pivotally mounted in the recess 91 by a pin or pivot 95, so that thefixed jaw 93 and the movable -j aw 94 constitute a clamp for holding astay wire section in the groove or notch 92 to be dolivcrml over thecoiler head. Each movable jaw 94 has an armor handle 96, which is heldin normal position, so as to clamp the provable jaw on the staywiresection, by. means of a coiled spring 97, located betweenfliiliflmlle 9b and the body of the stenr9fi,asshown in Fig. 13,

" interme in which one of the movable jaws is shown on and the othermovable jaw is shown 0 osed.

The movable jaw is thrown open to receive a ,stay wire section into thecross groove or notch 92 by the engagement of the handle or arm 96 witha curved plate or bar 98, a plate or bar 98 being provided for eachhandle or arm; and the plate or bar 98 is attached by a lag bolt 99, orotherwise, to a cross bar 100, extending between the bracket arms 69 andattached in any suitable manner to the bracket arms. The

'- return of each swinging gear 83 to normal position, as shown-in Fig.10, causes the andle 96, of each movable jaw 94, to engage the edge ofthe curved plate 98, which edge has a cam formation, so that as the stemdescends to its normal gosition, shown in Fig. 10, the handle 96 wil bemoved toward the stem 90, 0 ening the movable jaw 94, 'as shown, for theleft hand gear 83, on Fig. 13; and when the movable jaw is in its openposition, the leading .or forward end of a stay wire is free to passupward therethrou h, such upward movement continuing with t e forwardthrow of the swinging gear 83 and the stem 90, and with the severanceofth'e stay section from the body of the stay wire, the stem 90 hasassed the cam edge of thelate 98, and the spring 97 'acts to force t ehandle 96 outward, closing the movable jaw 94 and clamping and holdingthe severed or cut stay section, so that such stay section will becarriedupward and,

downward into position over the coiler heads. The travel of eachswinging gear .83 around the fixed gear 77, caused by the rockingmovement of the shaft 72, gives I the gear 83 a rotation around itsaxis, which turns the stem 90, so that the caught stay section will becarried upward to the limit of the vertical center of the fixed gear 84,

and will be carried downward, with the continued rearward movement ofthe rock shaft 72, from the vertical center of the gear 77, giving thestem 90 andthe clamping jaws a half revolution by which the staysection, which is received vertically between the clamping jaws, willbeturned and brought into a horizontal position so as tooverlie the endsof the coiler heads. As shown, each alternate stem 90, with its clampinjaws-93 and Y94:, is longer than the diate stem- 90 and its clampingjaws, by which arrangement the stay sections will be placed alternatelyin position on opposite sides of the strand wires, so that.

the overlapping ends of adjoining stay sections will be on o positesides of a strand wire, as shown in 1g. 15, to be caught and woundaround the strand wire. It is to be understood that the stems carryingthe clamping jaws 93 and 94 could be of the samelength, in which casethe stay sections would be positioned on the same side of the strandwires, with the overlapping ends for adjoining stay sections on the sameside of a strand wire to be caught and wound around the strand wire.

The shaft 72, in the construction shown, is given a' backward andforward rock by means of the pinions 75 and the racks 76, a pinionandrack being located near each end of the shaft 72 within the side frame,as shown in Fig. 7, for instance. Each rack bar 76 is mounted andsupported, and is free to slide back and forth in a front guide 101 anda rear guide 102, attached to the side frames of the machine in anysuitable manner. Each rack bar, at its rear end, is connected by a in orpivot 103, 'with links 104, and'the mks 104 are connected by a pin orpivot 105 with the upper end of a triangu ar shaped lever 106, whichlever, at its front lower corner, is mounted other member of thecoupling. The stem or v.

member 112 of the coupling is fixedly attached to a bar 113, formed oftwo plates s aced apart, as shown in Fig. 2, for instance. 'l he bar orpitman 113 has a roller 114 mounted on a pin or pivot 115 securedbetween ears 116, one ear projecting from each side-plate of theactuating bar or pitman;.

and the actuating bar or pitrnan 113 has a lower roller 117 mounted on apin or pivot 118 located between ears 119, one ear projecting from eachside plate of the bar or pit man'. The upper roller 114 and the lowerroller 117 are'located on opposite sides of 0:

cam 120, having a projecting side 121 and a narrow side 122, which cam120 is fixedly mounted on and revolves with the shaft 20, so that, aseach cam 120 is revolved with the revolving of the shaft 20, theprojected side 121 will engage the upper roller 114 and carry or movethe bar or pitman 113 upward, swinging the triangular shaped lever 106on its in or pivot 107 moving the upper end of said lever forwardly,giving a forward movement to each rack bar 76, for the rack bars .toturn the pinions 75 and give the shaft 72 a semi-rotation or rock in aforward direction,.returning the swinging gears 83 and the clamping awscarried by said gears back to the normal or receiving position for thejaws. The continued rotation of the shaft 20 carries with it the cam 120for the projected face 121 of said cam to engage the lower roller 117and force or carry downward the bar or dpitman 113, swinging thetriangular shape lever 106 on its pin or pivot 107 and movinglB positioninto a horizontal position and over- The lie the acting faces of thecoiler heads.

coupling, forined, by the members 110 and i 112 and adjusting nut 1.11,enables the bar or pitnian 113 to be made of the required length to givethe desired throw to the tri-' angular shaped lever 106, to reciprocatethe racks 76 with the required length of throw for each rack to swingthe gears 83 and the clamping jaws carried by the gears from theirforward position to their rearward position,andfro1n their rearwardposition to their forward position, so thatthe jaws will receive anddelivera stay section with each rearward throw and will be returned tonormal position to receive another stay section with each forward throwof the rack bars, It will be seen that the movements of each staysection clamp will be in unison, one with the other, so that all of the staysections, after being severed, are caught by the clamps, carried upwardand downward, and delivered simultaneouslv .in position over the coilerheads. Each bar or pitinan- 113 is given a straight line throw by aguide 123, through which the lower end of the bar or pitman extends,shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, for instance.

A gear wheel or pinion 124 meshes with the gear wheel 19, and thewheeler pinion 124 is fixedly-attached to a shaft 1.25 mounted insuitable journal boxes or bearings 126'on the front face of the frontstandards 1 in the arrangement shown, see Fig. 3. The shaft 125 hasfixedly mounted thereon a plurality of bevel gears 127, which gearscorrespond in number to the number of coilers for the machine. Each gear127 has meshing therewith a bevel pinion 128, and each pinion 128 has ahub 12!) fixedly attached to a hollow shaft or sleeve 130, mounted in alower journal box or bearing-131 and anupper journal box or bearing 132,asshown in'Figs. 10 and 11. The lower journal boxes 131 are on a plate133, extem ing between the side frames of the machine; and the upperjournal boxes 132 are on aplate 134, extending between the side framesof the machine; and, as shown, the lower plate 133, and an upper plate134, are connected together by vertical lates 135, so as to form a framesupporting t e coilers; and, as shown, the lo'werplatc 133, rests u onlugs or projections 136 inwardly extem ing from the front standard 'orupright of each side frame, see Fig. 1.. The plates 133 and 134 havelocated between them two supports arranged at a distance apart, eachsupport consisting of a rear vertical number 137, an upper horizontalmember 138, and a lower horizontal member 139, the upper and lowerhorizontal members being attached by bolts 141, or otherwise, to theupper and lower plates 133 and 134 respectively.

Each hollow coiler shaft or sleeve 130 has entered thereinto a shaft141:the upper portion of which is of greater dialincter than the lowerportion, as shown in Fig. 12, forming, at the juncture of the twoportions of the shaft, a shoulder terminating in a fcircumferenti'algroove 142 and the tubular shaft or sleeve 130 has, on its inner face,vertical grooves 143 located opposite each other, forming, for eachgroove, a lower shoulder 144 and an upper shoulder 145, which shouldersform stops for balls or rollers 146 lying within thecircumferentialgroove 142, so that a the inner shaft 141 is locked tothe outer .-wise reciprocating movement Each coiler shaft 141 hasfixedly attached to its upper'end'a coiler head 147, and each coilerhead has; in its acting face,- a cross groove or recess 14S, forming, oneach side, lips 149, for-engaging the ends of the stay sections andcoiling such ends around the ad- 'acent strand wire. Each coiler head147 as an axial hole 150, which hole extends through the coiler shaft141 and through the wall of the inion 128, as shown in Fig. 12, so as tofurnis a passage for the longitudinal or strand wiresaxially through thecoiler as a whole.

Each coiler head has a circumferential groove 151, into which'is entereda fork 152 on anal-1n or plate 153; and each arm or plat'e'153 has anupturned end 154, which is attached by a bolt 15.5, or otherwise,'to therear face of a cross head 156, sothat, as the cross head is moved up anddown the coiler head 147 and the coiler shaft 141 will be given theirendwise reciprocating movement. Each end of the cross head 156 isentered into a slot or passage 157 between guide bars 158; and the guidebars 158 extend upwardly from a cross plate 159, attached by a bolt 160,or otherwise, to the upper supporting plate 134, as shown in Fig. 4;each base plate 159 has extending downwardly therefrom a plate 162, withan inturned ear 163, by means of which and a belt 164, or otherwise, thebar 162 is attached to the lower plate 133, so that i bracket, at itsupper end, has a pivot or pin 171,]Ullt0 which is entered one end of awalking beam or lever 172, mountcdupon a pin or pivot 173 at the upperend of a link or swingin; standard 17 1, the lower end of which isentered onto a pin or pivot 175, extending out from an ear or bracket176 on the memher 137 of the support between the plates 133 and 134, asshown in Fig. 6, for instance. The rear end of each lever or walkingbeam 172 is connected by a pin or pivot with a member 178 of a coupling,which member is connected by an adjusting nut 179, with the other member180 of the coupling; and the member 180 is connected to the upper end ofa section 181 of a rod or pitman and the rod or pitman has a section 182formed of two plates, with a space between the plates, as

shown in Figs. 1 and An upper roller 183 is mounted on a journal pin orpivot 184, supported in cars 185, an ear extending out from each sideplate of the section 182 of the rod or pitman, and a lower roller 186 ismounted on a journal pin or pivot 187 supported in 'the ears 188, an earextending out from each side plate of the sections 182 of the rod orpitman, as shown in Fig. 5. A cam 189 is located between the upperroller 183 and the lower roller 1.86, and this cam 189 has a projectedface 190 and a narrow face 191, and is mounted on and revolves with theshaft 20, so that the revolving of the cam 189 will cause the projectedface 190, as it engages the roller 183, to elevate or move upwardly thepitman or rod 181 and. 182, raising the rear end of the lever or walkingbeam 172,

and depressing the forward end of such lever or pitman, carrying downthe cross head 156 and forcing the coiler heads and coiler shafts intothe lowermost or normal position for receiving the stay sections. Thecontinued revolution of the cam 189 causes the projected face 190 toengage the roller 186, and with such engagement the rod or pitman 181and 182 will be forced downward, carrying downward the rear end of thelever or walking beam 172 and raising the front end of such lever orpitman and with it the cross head, for the upward movement of the crosshead to simultaneously raise all of the coiler heads and coilershaftswhich continue-to re-- vol ve, and in revolving wind or coil the ends ofthe stay sections around the strand w res, during the upward movement ofthe coder 7 heads.

It will be seen that the continuous revolution of the cam or eccentric189 operates the lever or Walking beam 172, for such lever or beam toraise and lower the cross head and with it the coiler heads and coilershafts, thus giving a positive movementin raising and the ends of thestay sections around the strand wires. lhe connectin; rod or pitman forthe rollers 183 and 186 is maintained in a straight line throw ofmovement by means of a pin or pivot 192 at the lower end of the rod orpitman, to which pin or pivot is connected a strap or link 193, theforward end of which is connected to a pin or pivot 194 on an car 195attached by a bolt 196, or otherwise, to the bottom piece 40 of theframe for the feed rolls of the stay wire, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.Itwill be understood that in the construction shown, a lover or walkingbeam, a con necting'rod or pitman with rollers 183 and 186 and a cam 189are provided for each arm or bracket 168, but a single walking beam.with the o erative part-s therefor, could be used if so esired.

A shaft 197 is mounted in suitable bearings 198 on the cross head 156,and moves up and down with the cross head. The shaft 197 carries aplurality of fingers 199, one finger for each longitudinal or strandwire: and or the shaft is a )inion 200 with which a racl- 201 meshes,the body of the rack passing through a slot 202 therefor in the crosshead. The rear end of the rack has a projecting pin 203, which enters aslot 204 in a link 205, the upper end of which is mounted on a pin orpivot 206, extending out from an eye 29? on "a post or upright 298having a flange 299, sec Fig. 7, by means of which and suitable bolts.

the standard or u )right 298 is attached tc the cross bar or pl tionshown. The lower end of the swinging link 205is connected by a pin orpivot 219 with horizontal links 211, which links, at their rear ends,are connected to a pin or pivot 212 on the arm or member 313 of abellcrank lever, which lever pivotally mounted on a pin or pivot 214,carried by an car or bracket 215 attached by a bolt 21 (1, or otherwise,to the undor face of the cross plate or bar 184, as shown in Figs. 19and 11v The other arm ormomber 217 of the bclbcrank leveris attached bya pin or pivot 218 to the upper end of a rod or pitman 219 follliud, asshown, of two plates, with a space between the plates. A roller 220 ismounted on a journal pin or pivot 221, between the plates of the rod orpitman 219; and this roller is engaged by a cam 222, havin a projectedface 223, and a face 224, whic 1 cam 222 is fixedly mounted on andrevolves with the shaft/20, so asto give a reciprocating move- .ment tothe rod or pitman. 'l'he engage- Y ate 134, in the cm1strucclamps areswung upwardly and rearwardly 21I ,throngh the links 211, to swingforwardly engagement of the rack with the pinion 200 of which spring isfixedly attached to the gers have a vertical rising and falling movementof the projected face 223 of the cam 222, with the roller 22l'J,for(-esupward the rod or pitinan 219, swinging the L or'bell- I c ank lever onits pin or pivot for the arm the link 205, advancing'the rack 20], forthe to rock the shaft 197 and carry down the fingers 199, for thefingers to act and force the stay sections from the swinging clamps bywhich the stay sections are delivered over the coiler heads; and thefingers operate to force the ends of the stay sections into the crossgroove or recess 148. of each'coiler head, for the lips 149 of eachcoiler head to act and coil or wind the ends of the stay sections aroundthe adjacent strand wire.

The fingers 199 are in their vertical and normal position, when theclamps are in the position shown in Fig. 10 and the fingers 199 areforced forwardly and downwardly as the to deposit the stay sections; andthe fingers 199 reach the lowermost point of descent so as to catch thestay sections just after the stay sections have been delivered by theclamps in position over the coiler head, at which time the coiler headsare in their'nornial position as shown in Fig. 10. The lower end of..therod or pitlnan 219 has a fork 225 which straddles the shaft 29, andtheopen end of the fork 225 has a cross pin 226, to which is attachedone end of a coiled spring 227, in the arrangement shown, the other endfloor, or other fixed su port. The spring 227 acts to return the re or-pitman'219, after the acting face of the cam 222 has passed the roller220, and with such return of the rod or pitman 219, the bell-cranklever, through its arm 213 and the links 21 1, will swing the link 205rearwardly, carrying'with it the rack 201, and, through the engagementof .the rack with the pinion 200, rock the shaft 197 rearwardly, raisingthe fingers 199 to their normal positions, shown in Fig. l(),and thelingers are shown in their advanced or acting position in Fig. 11.Theshaft' 197 moves with the cross head 156, and the fingers on theshaft move accordingly, so that the finment and also a swinging movementthrough the rock shaft, byv whiclrmm'ement the lingers will bepositively actuated, so as to engage and remove the stay sections fromthe clamp, and bemove up out of the way to allow the continuous feed ofthe completed fence fabric and the longitudinal or strand wires. Theslot 204, in the swinging link 205, allows of the necessary lost motionto keep the rack 201 in engagement with the pinion 290, as the .crosshead is raised and lowered.

Th shaft 20,"at one'end, projects beyond the si efram'e of the machine,and. has fixedly attached thereto, in the arrangement shown, a bevelpinion 228, which meshes with a bevel pinion'229, as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 3. The bevelwheel' or pinion 229 is fixedly attached to the lowerend of a shaft 230, which is supported in a lower journal box or bearing231, on the top or cross piece 29 of the supplemental frame, and anupper bearin" or journal box 232 extending out from the side'fraine ofthe machine, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The upper end of the shaft 230has fixedly secured thereto a bevel pinion 234, which meshes with abevel wheel 235 fixedly attached to theend'of a shaft 236, which shaftis supported in suitable journalv boxes or bearings 237 on standards oruprights 23S, extending up from the cross ieces 8 of the side frames.The shaft 236, a jacent to each side frame,.has fixedly secured theretoor mounted thereon, a =pinion 239, and each pinion meshes with'a gear240 on a head or disk 241, which heads or disks are fixedly mounted on ashaft 242, which shaft is inounted in suitable journal boxes or bear-'ings 243 on the cross piece 9 of each side frame, as shown in Fig. 3.

A plurality of cross bars 244 arranged in pairs, extend from head tohead 241; and each pair of cross bars 244 is attached by bolts 245 tolugs 246, formed on the inner face of each head 241, as shown in Fig. 4,the end heads 241 and cross bars 244 constituting a drum. The outer edgeof each pair of cross bars 244 has a series of notches 247, each notchadapted to receive a longitudinal or strand wire; and the longitudinalor'strand wire is held in its notch 247 by a companion notch 248 in theend 249 of a link or arm 250; and each link or arm 250 passes between apair of bars 244, being pivotally mounted between the bars by a pin orpivot 251 as shown in Fig. 1. The inner end of each arm or link 250 is vattached by a pin or pivot 252 to a sliding bar 253, each bar, 253, ateach end, to give additional strength, having, a reinforcement 254,attached thereto. Each bar 253, and its reinforcement 254, passesthrough a slot or openii'lg 255,

, see Fig.5 and each bar is of a length to projectbeyond the end heads241 of the drum. One end of each sliding bar 252 has afshoe 256, which,as the heads continuously revolve, successively comes in contact with -acam plate 257having a curved portion 258, and is attached by rods orbolts 25.9 to the side frame, as shown in Fig. 1. The other end of eachsliding bar .253 has attached thereto a shoe 269, which, as the heads24] continuously revolve, comes in contact with a cam plate 261'having acruved portion 262, and is attached, by rods or plates 263, to theside.frame ofthe machine. It willithus-be seen that as each shoe 256engages the cam plate 257, the sliding bar of such shoe will be moved inthe opposite direction, sc as to carry the links in the same direction,and

tion of the arms or levers 250 in clamping the' This drum 1s.

longitudinal or strand. wires. located at the'top or upper end of theframe and serves as '1 10. means for continuously advancing theltngitudinal or strand wires and the completed fencing, as the drum hasa continuous revolutionfrom the gears 240' and the pinions 239 on theshaft 237, which shaft is continuously driven by the gears 234 and 235from the shaft 230,. which shaft in turn is continuously driven by thegears 228 and 229 with the continuous revolving of the shaft 20, whenthe shaft 15 is revolved. It will be seen that the longitudinal orstrand wires and the stay wires have a continuous feed while the machineis in operation.

The shaft 15 has fixedly mounted thereon a pulley, 264 over which a belt265 runs, which belt drives a pulley 266 on a shaft 267, so as tocontinuously revolve the shaft. The shaft 267 is mounted in suitablejournal boxes or bearings 268 on the rear standards or uprights 2 ofeach side-frame; and this shaft 267, at one end, has a sprocket wheel269, see Fig. 2, over which a sprocket chain 270 runs, which chaindrives a sprocket wheel271, as shown in Fig. 3. The sprocket wheel 271is fixedly mounted on a shaft 272, supported in suitable journal boxesor bearings 273 on each rear standard or upright of the side frames. Theshaft 273, has thereon a sleeve 274, which sleeve, at each end, has adisk 275 forming the su port for a reel, not shown, and onto whic thecompleted fabric is continuously wound. A belt tightener or roller, notshown, is carried by a bar 276 at its lower end; and the upper end ofthis bar is connected by a pin or pivot 277 to the rear end of a lever278, on whichlever is a pawl 279 engaging the teeth of a seg- Imental.rack 280; and the pawl is held in engagement by a spring 281, inthe construction shown.

A wire straightener 282; consisting of rollers 283, arranged staggered,is located for the stay wires to pass between the rollers, and, asshown, a second wire straightener 284, consisting of rollers 285,arranged staggered, isloeated above the wire straightener 282, and isattachedtoa cross bar 286, or otherwise supported. These wirestraighteners 282 and 284, insure the straightenin of the tay wiresbefore passing betweent he feed be forced upwardly, and will beperfectly straight, when passing between the fezd .rolls and cutters.Each stay Wire 287 is straightened before being severed, and the staysecrollers or wheels, so that each stay wire will tion 288 severed fromeachstay wire, will be straight and will enter the receiving clamp.

therefor in a straight vertical plane, as shown in Fig. 10. The strandwires 289 pass up through the coilers in front of the fingers 199, andeach strand wire is caught and held between the notches 247 and 248,when the notches are in a horizontal plane, so that, with the continuousrevolution of the drum, the, strand wires will be fed forwardcontinuously, until the notched ends 249 of the arms 250 are moved,releasing the strand wires and the completed fabric, for winding thefabric continuously on the reel.

The operation will be understood from the foregoing description, butbriefly is as follows: The stay wires pass from their coils through thestraightening mechanisms 182 and 184,. and each stay wire passes upbetween its feed wheels or rolls 31' and 33 and is continuously advancedby the continuous revolution of the feed wheels or rolls. Each stay wirepasses upwardly between the cutter shafts 56 and 59, which shaftscontinuously revolve, carrying around the eutters or knives 60 and 61,for the cutters or knives to act as "they pass each other, as shown inFig. 10, and sever the leading end of each stay wire 287 into a staysection 288 of the required length to span the space between twoadjoining strand wires; each severed stay-section, as the stay wires arefed upward, enters between the. jaws of its clamp, with the clamp in theposition shown in Fig. 10, and the jaws of the clam open; and, as theclamp is swung upwardly and passes the cam edge of the plate 98 theiandle 96. will be forced outward by the s ring 97, closing the movablejaw 94 of the 0 amp and holding the caught stay section i in the'notch92, for the continued swing of the clamp, with the rearward rock of theshaft 72, and the axial oscillation of the gear 83 from the gear 87 toturn the caught stay section from a vertical to a horizontal positionand deliver the staysection over the coiler heads 147 ,when the-coilerheads are in their normal or lowermost position. The removing fingers199, during this delivery of the stay sections pass from their normal 1position, shown in Fig. 10, to their depressed position shown in Fig.11, so as to overlie the ends of the stay sections and remove the staysections from the clamps with the return movement of the clamps to theirnormal I The coiler heads, as the stay secposition. tions are delivered'thereover, while con tinuously revolving, begin their upward endwisereciprocatin movement, and the overlapping ends of ti 1e stay sections,caught by the fingers 199, are engaged by the lips 149 of the coilerheads 147, and are coiled or the stay and strand wires by the rock ofthe shaft 19,7, by which shaft the fingers are given a downward andupward throw" the clamps return to their normal or receiving position,so as to have entered between the aws of each clamp thesucceeding-severed stay sections, and wi-th themovement of the staycarriers from their normal positidn to their delivery position thecoilers, which: still continue to revolve, have completed theiroperation on the ends of the recedingistay sections and are returned totieir normhl or lowermost position, for the next operatipn of coilingthe next stay sections at their :ends

around thelongitudinal or strand wires.

The variousin'echanismsare so timed its to have a continuous operation,and at the same time the movements of the various mechanisms are such,as to make the operation a con- 3O vanced by the continuous revolving ofthe tinuous one from start to finish, in applying the stays to thelongitudinal or stirand wires. The completed fabric and the longitudinalor strand wires are continuously addrum over which the completed fabricand the longitudinal or strand wires pass; and the com leted-fabric iswound on a core orreel whic is continuously revolved as the shaft 272revolves continuously. The required tension for the feed wheels or rolls31 and 33 is obtained by the springs 43 and the cams 44 for each spring;v and the springs 43. also allow the feed wheels or rolls 33 to passkinks or imperfections in the stay wires without injury to the stay wireinfeeding mechanism; and it will be understood that the graduated feedwheels or rolls are used in the making of a Wirefence fabric having thelongitudinal orstrand wires spaced apart, at graduated distances, butfor making a wire fabric having the longitudinal or strand =wiresequally spaced apart the feed wheels or rolls 31 and I 33 should be ofthe same diameter for the entire series. The cutters and 61','with theconverging shafts 56 and 59, are used in connection w1th .the making ofa wire fence or other Wire fabric in which the longitudinal or strandwires arespacedapart at graduated distances, but for making a wire fenceor wire fabric in which the longitudinal or strand wires arespaced anequa distance apart, the shafts 56 and 59 can run parallel, and theknives or cutters 60 and 61 can be of the same length. The clamping andremoving 'so as to remove the staysections from the carrier clamps bywhich the stay sections are delivered over the ends of the coilers. The

gears 77, in effect, are ach a segmental rack,

and instead of having he rock shaft 72 pass through the gears, the gearscould be in the form of-a segmental rack resting on the rock shaft andfixedly supported by the bars 81, or in any suitable manner.

It will be understood that each gear 83 can be mounted on its journal86, so as to revolve thereon, or each gear 83 could be fixedly mountedon its journal 86,, and the journal stem 87 revolved in the rock shaft72 by which the gear is carried and given its swingmg movement.

It will be seen that the main driving shaft 15 is given a continuousrevolution, and such revolution is transmitted to the shafts 20, 30, 57,124., 230,236, 242 267 and 274, and that the shaft 59 and the coilershafts also have a continuous revolution, with the result that thevarious mechanisms continuously oper-' ranged, as to make the operationof the mas chine, in producing the fabric, a continuous one from thestart to the finish.

Each finger 199, in the construction-shown, has a short member or prong199", and a long member or prong 199", with a groove 199 on the undersideof the longer member or prong, so as to. keep such member or prongfrom bearing on the stay wire section close thereto. The two members orprongs are separated from each other by a slot 199" which receives thestrand wire, so that the short member or prong'will engage the end ofthe stay section close to it, and the long member or prong will engagethe end of the other stay section in operation.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. In a .wire fence machine, the combination of a pull out rollcontinuously drawing forward a plurality of strand wires, a plural ityof stay feed wheels continuously feeding in stay wires transverse of thestrand wires,

ends of the stay sections around the strand wires, substantially .asdescribed.

2. In awire fence machine, the combination of a pull out rollcontinuously drawing forward a plurality of strand wires, a plural- ;ityof stay feed wheels continuously feeding in stay wirestransverse-of thestrand'wires,

a plurality ofcutters arranged in pairs and continuously revolving forsevering a plural-

